Hornets to play 35 games in Oklahoma

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OKLAHOMA CITY - Chased from their home by Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Hornets have found a temporary refuge and a fresh start.

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The Hornets announced plans to play 35 home games in Oklahoma City and six others in Baton Rouge, La., after a relocation agreement was approved by the city council.

The team will alter its home jerseys so they read "Hornets" on the front. The road jerseys will feature the words "New Orleans," but a patch on the shoulder will recognize Oklahoma City. The NBA plans to call the team the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets.

Mexican soccer coach freed

MEXICO CITY - Ruben Omar Romano, the Argentine coach of Mexico's Cruz Azul soccer team kidnapped off a Mexico City in July 19, was freed Wednesday.

Officials confirmed that the 47-year-old Romano had been freed alive in what local media described as a police raid in the low-income district on the eastern outskirts of the city.

Several kidnappers were also reportedly detained.

Romano had been forced from luxury car by five armed assailants and abducted outside his team's practice facility in southern Mexico City.

Romano took over Cruz Azul last December and guided the squad to several weeks atop the Mexican league.

Big inning lifts Commerce softball

COMMERCE - The Commerce softball team erased a two-run deficit and scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and defeated Banks County 5-3 on Wednesday.